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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Frank Filz writes:
> In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Kevin Wilson writes:
[a whole bunch of stuff, so I am going
to snip this 'cuz it's a mess.]
> > > A thread on "Dragonriders of Pern" MOCs is having a hard time finding a home
> > > because there just isn't a newsgroup (AFAIK) that it fits into. How about a
> > > lugnet.fantasy or build.fantasy newsgroup? SF MOC builders have a home in
> > > .space but I don't feel that Pern belongs there, nor in .castle.
> >
> > By analogy with build.ancient (which is for people building stuff not
> > covered by a current LEGO(r) theme), build.fantasy may be the best fit!
> >
> > Just as a check: Why doesn't it fit in space, though? If magic use is ok for
> > .castle (IOM has flying boats, ne?) when in a medieval setting, why isn't it
> > OK in space when in a futuristic setting (1)?
> >
> > Not at all against build.fantasy but that IS something to think about.
>
> I wonder how much we really need another category. I would be inclined to put
> most Pernese creations in .castle (since for the most part it operates at low
> tech, and while the Pernese dragons are supposedly creations of technology,
> they aren't all that different from a fantasy dragon).
>
> Just my thoughts.
Well, I think it would be a good idea to meld the Harry Potter
Newsgroup, and change it to lugnet.fantasy. The newsgroup generally
gets few posts, and I see a lot of HP creations on Lugnet.castle, anyway,
so I think a .fantasy newsgroup is in order. All LOR, HP, DROP, and all
other fantasy creations to the extreme would be placed there. IOM, I think
the new newsgroup would draw generally more traffic, and help to equalize
.castle, from distinctive castle creations, to more fantasy oriented. I don't
think fantasy isn't suitable for castle, but I think a little separation
is necessary. Remember, Fantasy is castle, but it isn't...fantasy could
also be modern, futuristic, you name it...anyway, it is a completely
different genre than castle, so, I'm for it when it comes to changing HP
to .Fantasy.
> > 1 - I don't read Anne McCaffrey,(2) but I thought Pern was a planet that was
> > colonised by a spaceship full of colonists who then discovered some
> > interesting things about it?
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> Pern is interesting. When the books were first written, I think it would have
> clearly been classified as fantasy. Now it more belongs in SF. Of course the
> whole F&SF genre is hard to really categorize (after all, almost all of it is
> fantasy, it's just that some of it is technology based and some is magic based,
> and some is actually pretty mundane).
>
> > 2 - don't ask me why please... but it has to do with the number of books set
> > in the same basic setting. I've stopped reading Mercedes Lackey or David
> > Drake too, for that matter, and don't read much Piers Anthony either.
>
> Hmm, I'm the opposite in many ways. The authors I enjoy the most are those who
> have many books in the same setting. However, it is possible to get old, so I
> stopped reading Piers Anthony for example.
I don't get the DROP series myself. It's so confusing, and when I took a look
at the DROP glossary of dragon paraphenalia at my friend's house (who happenes
to be a DROP fanatic), well, you get the point. It's like fantasy to the
third degree. A bit on the odd side, I think...tech based fantasy doesn't hit me
unless you speak to me about Final Fantasy Six. Great storyline, and an
excellent balance between the two. About the only good futuristic fantasy story.
Just my two bricks...
<<_Matt Hein_>>
Lugnet No. 1112
Pyrokid17@hotmail.com
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| (...) Well, .harrypotter will stay because there is a lugnet.{theme} group for every official theme or system, no matter how frequent or infrequent the posting. The question about moving stuff out of .castle is if anyone is actually bothered by such (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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